NGC 2936, also known as the Penguin Galaxy or the Porpoise Galaxy, is an interacting spiral galaxy located at a distance of 326 million light years, in...
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ly). NGC 2937 was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth in 1864. NGC 2937 is in a strong gravitational interaction with its neighbor NGC 2936, a...
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This is a list of NGC objects 2001–3000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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IRAS 06076-2139. Interacting galaxies NGC 4302 and NGC 4298 both located 55 million light-years away. Galaxy NGC 6052 merging into a single structure....
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galaxies, including M51 (Arp 85), Arp 220, and the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/NGC 4039, or Arp 244). A few of the galaxies are simply dwarf galaxies that...
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NGC 2903 is an isolated barred spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Leo, positioned about 1.5° due south of Lambda Leonis. It was discovered...
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right/bottom): NGC 7541, NGC 3021, NGC 5643, NGC 3254, NGC 3147, NGC 105, NGC 2608, NGC 3583, NGC 3147, MRK 1337, NGC 5861, NGC 2525, NGC 1015, UGC 9391, NGC 691...
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NGC 2800, also known as PGC 26302, is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered February 17, 1831 by William Herschel. Skrutskie...
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NGC 2950 is a lenticular galaxy in the northern constellation of Ursa Major, about 50 million light years from the Milky Way and receding with a heliocentric...
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NGC 2803, also known as PCG 26181, is an elliptical or lenticular galaxy in the zodiac constellation Cancer. It was discovered March 21, 1784, by William...
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ϵ Ori". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 456 (3): 2907–2936. arXiv:1511.09365. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.456.2907P. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv2783...
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is the prototype. In 1944 Walter Baade confirmed dwarf ellipticals NGC 147 and NGC 185 as members of the Local Group by resolving them into individual...
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$\epsilon$ Ori". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 456 (3): 2907–2936. arXiv:1511.09365. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv2783. ISSN 0035-8711. Vanbeveren...
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NGC 2509 is an open cluster in the constellation of Puppis. It was discovered on 3 December 1783 by William Herschel. It was described as "bright, pretty...
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0282. Bibcode:2010ApJ...710.1724B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/710/2/1724. "BD+47 2936". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2009-04-22...
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